A/N: Okay, so, two chapters in one day. :) There was so long pause between the chapter one and two so I decided to publish more now (hoping that someone would care). :) Nothing much to say about this chapter, only that it was nice to bring Kon there. And there's also this no-so-important-fact again: while writing this chapter I was listening "Tsunai Da Te" by lil'b. Yes, I have tendency to listen music while writing. Just haven't told that because I think nobody actually cares what music I listen when I write... But if someone wants to know, then (living in a hope again...) :)
Possibly warnings: drinking.
Review, please, tell me what you think. Thank you! :D
Chapter three - Pink Bells And One Mod Soul
Ikkaku pulled his hand away just in time when Kenpachi reached for it. The tall man almost fell over but managed to keep his balance. Ikkaku gave a small hiccup that only a very drunk person would and tried to run away from his captain.
Yumichika sighed. He had only a small class of water front of him. Ikkaku and Kenpachi had drunk the left-over sakes. Kenpachi had told there had been little left. Little, Yumichika snorted. If ten bottles were little... He shook his head.
A loud crash could be heard from the living room. Yumichika sighed again. They - Kenpachi and Ikkaku - were now fighting over about the last sip which was still left in the last bottle.
Ikkaku was very good fighter but Kenpachi was better and bigger. He sat calmly on Ikkaku's back ("Ow, you're heavy, captain!"), took the last bottle from his hands and drank it with one gulp.
"That wash fun, Ikkhaku!"
"Yeah..." Ikkaku grinned. "Get off me, capthain. You're heavy."
"I ahm not", Kenpachi murmured and poked Ikkaku's head.
"Captain, my sphine..."
"Oh, okhay then, you weaklingh..."
Kenpachi stood up with very un-steady way. Ikkaku quickly stood up as well. He felt dizzy and took some prop from Kenpachi. Yumichika stared how they almost fell down, but with some very crazy way managed to stay up. Kenpachi put his hand on Ikkaku's shoulder, grinning.
"Don'th fall over, idioth..."
"No, shir..."
"What's shir?"
"Shir."
"Yeah, but what's thath?"
Yumichika sighed. Again. He sounded so bored that Kenpachi and Ikkaku decided to make him happier. So they decided to go to the 11th Division barracks. Why? That would remain a secret to Yumichika the rest of his life. Yumichika tried to stay away from his captain: he smelled like boos. But Kenpachi was too happy: he putted his right hand on Yumichika's shoulder and left on Ikkaku's shoulder. They - Kenpachi and Ikkaku - tried to sing something. By the ruckus they made Yumichika thought they were singing two different songs.
He sighed again. He also hoped that Yachiru would come back soon.
...
"But I don't wanna!"
"Yachiru, please, it takes just two minutes maximum."
"I still don't wanna!"
"Okay... What's Kenpachi would say about that, then?"
"He would give up!"
"Yachiru..."
"Okay, he wouldn't... He would say that if I don't brush my teeth after all those candies and sugar and salt and what ever I eat during the day my teeth will rotten away. And also my breath will smell so bad that I would beat up Sajin just opening my mouth front of his big nose and - "
"Just brush your teeth. Please."
"Usually -!"
"What?"
"Usually Ken-chan brush my teeth for me!"
"No, he doesn't."
"Yes, he does!"
"Well, do you know what, Yachiru?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm not Kenpachi! My name is Kurosaki Ichigo and I do not brush other people's teeth!"
Rukia and Orihime looked at the bathroom door. It was locked by Ichigo: Yachiru had tried to run away so Ichigo had locked himself and Yachiru in. Rukia and Orihime waited patiently: they still had not brushed their teeth.
"So", Rukia coughed, "how have you been, Orihime?"
"Oh, I'm fine, just fine", Orihime smiled. "How about you? Are you busy in Seireitei?"
"Well, it's that normal ruckus, as always", Rukia sighed. "Everyone quite tensed about because no-one haven't heard anything about Aizen for a while..."
"Do you think he's up to something?"
"I hope not. But it's most likely that way..."
"Rukia, I - "
The bathroom door opened suddenly. Yachiru sprinted happily from there. Very angry and tired looking Ichigo came also: he had sweat on his face. He managed to smile to the girls: "Your turn", the creeping tone in his voice gave him away.
Rukia and Orihime were wise enough to keep their mouths shut.
...
"Ichi..."
"Now what?"
Long silence. Ichigo sighed and looked at the little girl: "Yes, what it is, Yachiru?"
Yachiru smiled: "Ken-chan usually tells me a story before I go to sleep."
Ichigo frowned: "He does?"
"Yeah."
"He really does?"
"Yeah!"
Ichigo could not imagine Kenpachi reading a fairy tale to the little girl. Ichigo brains went error for the mere thought of that.
"Rukia can tell you a story", Ichigo grinned.
Rukia jolted: "What? I don't -!"
"Or I will tell Kenpachi that Rukia didn't want to take care of little Yachiru... Left her crying all alone in her bed in totally strange place, hungry, lonely..."
"Okay, I will!" Rukia snapped, giving one very hard hit straight on Ichigo's head ("Ow!"). Yachiru just laughed. She had taken over Ichigo's bed so the rest of them, Ichigo, Rukia and Orihime had to sleep on the floor.
Ichigo had soon realized that Yachiru had some manners. She just did not want to use them. So, Kenpachi had actually tried to teach her something. Maybe Kenpachi was the only person in the world who could actually make Yachiru obey...
...
"Myh liveh wouldh beh soh emptyh withhouth her..."
"Captain, please, give me that bottle", Yumichika reached his hand. "You have already drank God only knows how many bottles of sake."
"Fifthhteenh..."
"Oh. Well, that should be enough for you. Ikkaku already fall asleep two hours ago."
"Whyh youh don'th drinkh, Yu... Yum... Yumai... Yumi... uh, um..."
Yumichika sighed and took the almost empty bottle from Kenpachi's hand. Kenpachi looked sadly when it was placed next to Yumichika and how the man himself stood up, reaching his hands towards Kenpachi.
"Come now, captain."
"You'reh sho fuckingh boringh, Yumi-somethingh..."
"Yes, I am", Yumichika smiled like an angel. He grabbed Kenpachi's hands and pulled the tall shingimani on his feet. He was stronger that he seemed.
They were still on the 11th Division barracks. Ikkaku had drunk so much that he had fallen asleep. Yumichika had dragged him to the sleeping room, where all the rest of 11th Division men always slept.
These two hours Yumichika had been keeping company to his captain. He really did not talk about anything very deeply, just talked. Mainly about fighting or Yachiru.
At first Yumichika had thought he would have to drag the very drunk man back to his own home. But Kenpachi walked - or more likely weaved - to the 11th Division sleeping room. It was big enough to the whole division to sleep there.
Almost everyone woke up when Kenpachi tripped. There was strange big thump along with the soft ringing sound coming from his hair bells. Some were brave enough to actually look what was going on, the rest of them were so wise that they pretended sleeping.
"Oh, my, captain..." Yumichika shook his head.
"I'mh fineh, justh fineh..." Kenpachi waved his hand, but did not even try to stand up: he crawled forward.
"You don't want to go your home?"
Kenpachi did not listen: he found one empty futon and happily let himself fall over it. He fell asleep almost immediately. Now 11th Division men turned their heads to look what was going on.
"The last time I saw him in that state was when he lost 7000 yens to captain Unohana in poker..." one man murmured.
"He's going to be angry in morning..." someone else said aloud.
Yumichika looked them angrily. Everyone quickly went back to their beds, closing their eyes. Yumichika sighed. He knelt over and started to take Kenpachi's hair bells off. They were still those same pink ones he had put on for Yachiru's birthday. He had actually himself painted them.
Yumichika shook his head and smiled.
"What a big goof you are, captain..."
...
"But why, Ichi? It's Saturday!"
"I know, but I still have to go the school today. We have this special day or something, okay? When we go there today we have one day longer Easter vacation."
"That's stupid..."
"Whatever. Just stay here and play with Yuzu and Karin."
"Why I can't come with you guys?"
"Because there will be so boring. Many long talks from headmaster and teachers. Imagine. You wouldn't stand that. Be happy that you don't have to come."
"Well... yeah..."
Ichigo smiled and stroked Yachiru's pink hair gently, trying to cheer her up. She did not seem very happy about the idea of being left behind from "the big ones" like she said herself. Apparently she had used to walk along with Kenpachi everywhere.
"Bye, Ichi! Bye, Rukia! Bye, Big Boobies!"
"Don't shout that out so loud!" Ichigo yelled back when Orihime blushed. "Seriously, that kid..."
...
Yachiru had fun for a couple hours. She played this silly game called "football" with Karin and her friends at first. Then she cooked with Yuzy. It was fun but not as fun as when Yachiru cooked together with Baldie. They always managed to blow up something. Last time they had destroyed Pretty-Boy's kitchen when the oven had exploded.
It was almost 12 o'clock. Ichi and other had said they would come back at 2 pm. There were still two hours of boringness... And Yachiru had never been good of dealing with boringness.
She went to Ichigo's room. She started looking something fun. Something to do, something... While she peeked under the teen's bed there was this strange voice: "What are you doing?"
Yachiru raised her head. She looked around. No-one.
"I'm up here. Ichigo throw me up here, hoping I would be too scared to jump down, that idiot! Apparently he was right, oh, the cruelties of human mind..."
Yachiru looked up. The only thing she saw was this - this - lion look a like teddy bear, or something. It was moving and speaking. It was hanging from the lamp.
"What...?"
"Are you afraid? You should be! I'm fearsome Kon!"
"What's that?"
"I'm mod soul. Scared?"
"Is that the reason why you are moving and talking?"
"Yes. Scared?"
"Why did Ichi throw you up there? He didn't say anything about you."
"More likely because he didn't want to scare a cute little girl like you. Scared?"
"What's a mod soul, anyway?"
"A creation of shinigamis. Scared?"
"Well, not really", Yachiru finally answered Kon's question. "I'm also shinigami, like Ichi and Rukia."
Yachiru could have sworn that this Kon was paling: "W-what?"
"Yeah, I came from Seireitei. I'm shinigami."
Kon was awfully quiet for a while.
"Hello?" Yachiru turned her head a little bit.
"I - I - I - ", Kon was trembling. "I - am - a - robot."
"I'm not buying that, silly one. Come! Let's play!"
"No - no - robots - do - not - play... No! Don't come up here! Let go off me! Help, Ichigo! Help!"